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In 1864, she married William Henry Kells, at Natchez.<ref name="Cherrington1928" /> She then served as a principal at [[Pass Christian, Mississippi]],<ref name="Ownby2017">{{cite book |last1=Ownby |first1=Ted |last2=Wilson |first2=Charles Reagan |last3=Abadie |first3=Ann J. |last4=Lindsey |first4=Odie |last5=Jr |first5=James G. Thomas |title=The Mississippi Encyclopedia |date=25 May 2017 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-4968-1157-8 |page=1179 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tVcoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1179 |access-date=29 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> and was for a time principal of the leading girls’ school at [[Jackson, Mississippi]].<ref name="Cherrington1928" /> |
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In 1864, she married William Henry Kells, at Natchez.<ref name="Cherrington1928" /> |
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In 1872, Kells, divorced and a single mother, united with a friend, Louise Yerger, in moving their girls' college from Jackson to [[Monteagle, Tennessee]] where it was named [[Fairmount College]].<ref name="BondFreeman2015" /> In 1885, she founded and became principal of the Tennessee Diocesan School for Young Women. Two years later, she was appointed professor of physiology and zoology at the Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls (now [[Mississippi University for Women]]) at [[Columbus, Mississippi]].<ref name="Cherrington1928" /> |
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After a career of 18 years in education work, Kells entered the journalistic field in 1888, where she was active in Mississippi and [[Chicago]] until failing health compelled her to move to [[Roswell, New Mexico]]. Here she formed a woman’s club and supported a free reading-room, which became a [[Carnegie Library (Roswell, New Mexico)|Carnegie library]]. She served for two years (1899-1900) as corresponding secretary of the Mississippi Equal Rights Association, and during the Constitutional Convention of 1890, advocated the enfranchisement of educated women to counteract the illiterate vote in the country.<ref name="Cherrington1928" /> |
After a career of 18 years in education work, Kells entered the journalistic field in 1888, where she was active in Mississippi and [[Chicago]] until failing health compelled her to move to [[Roswell, New Mexico]]. Here she formed a woman’s club and supported a free reading-room, which became a [[Carnegie Library (Roswell, New Mexico)|Carnegie library]]. She served for two years (1899-1900) as corresponding secretary of the Mississippi Equal Rights Association, and during the Constitutional Convention of 1890, advocated the enfranchisement of educated women to counteract the illiterate vote in the country.<ref name="Cherrington1928" /> |
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Harriet B. Kells (1842-1913) was an American educator and temperance activist, who served as President of the Mississippi Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She was also a suffragist affiliated with the Mississippi Equal Rights Association,[1] and a Reconstruction feminist.[2]
Early life and education
Harriet (nickname, "Hattie")[3] B. Coulson was born at Natchez, Mississippi, April 19, 1842.[1]
She was educated at the Mississippi Female Institute and at the Springfield Seminary.[1]
Career
In 1864, she married William Henry Kells, at Natchez.[1] She then served as a principal at Pass Christian, Mississippi,[4] and was for a time principal of the leading girls’ school at Jackson, Mississippi.[1]
In 1872, Kells, divorced and a single mother, united with a friend, Louise Yerger, in moving their girls' college from Jackson to Monteagle, Tennessee where it was named Fairmount College.[2] In 1885, she founded and became principal of the Tennessee Diocesan School for Young Women. Two years later, she was appointed professor of physiology and zoology at the Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls (now Mississippi University for Women) at Columbus, Mississippi.[1]
After a career of 18 years in education work, Kells entered the journalistic field in 1888, where she was active in Mississippi and Chicago until failing health compelled her to move to Roswell, New Mexico. Here she formed a woman’s club and supported a free reading-room, which became a Carnegie library. She served for two years (1899-1900) as corresponding secretary of the Mississippi Equal Rights Association, and during the Constitutional Convention of 1890, advocated the enfranchisement of educated women to counteract the illiterate vote in the country.[1]
Kells' temperance activities began in 1885, when she became affiliated with the WCTU. She served for a time as superintendent of Temperance Instruction for the Mississippi Union, and in 1900, was elected president of the State body, which position she held for many years.[1]
In recognition of her journalistic ability displayed in founding (1888) and editing the Mississippi White Ribbon, the organ of the State WCTU, Kells was called to Chicago in 1891 to accept a position on the editorial staff of The Union Signal,[5] the official organ of the National WCTU. Throughout this period, she was working untiringly for the enactment of temperance legislation. In 1902, she appealed to the Mississippi Legislature for the passage of a State Prohibition bill, which was later defeated by only two votes. In preparation for the next Prohibition contest, waged two years later, she conducted numerous campaigns throughout her native State in which she greatly aided the spread of temperance sentiment. She lived to see the enactment of several of her most important bills, although she did not witness the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, for which she had worked so hard.[1]
Later life and death
Kells literally died at her post: she was at her desk when stricken with the paralysis which caused her death. Harriet B. Kells died at Starkville, Mississippi, December 20, 1913.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1928). "KELLS, HARRIET BARFIELD (COULSON).". Standard encyclopedia of the alcohol problem. Vol IV. Kansas-Newton. Westerville, Ohio: American Issue Publishing Co. p. 1448. Retrieved 29 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Bond, Beverly Greene; Freeman, Sarah Wilkerson (1 July 2015). Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times--Volume 2. University of Georgia Press. pp. 194–95. ISBN 978-0-8203-4755-4. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Bratton, Theodore DuBose (1936). An Apostle of Reality: The Life and Thought of the Reverend William Porcher DuBose, S. T. D., D. C. L. A Series of Lectures on the DuBose Foundation, Delivered at the University of the South. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 85. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Ownby, Ted; Wilson, Charles Reagan; Abadie, Ann J.; Lindsey, Odie; Jr, James G. Thomas (25 May 2017). The Mississippi Encyclopedia. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 1179. ISBN 978-1-4968-1157-8. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Gordon, Elizabeth Putnam (1924). Women Torch-bearers: The Story of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. National Woman's Christian Temperance Union Publishing House. p. 221. Retrieved 29 January 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
